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Psalms 46:8

Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 46:9.

לְֽכוּlekhvcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “carry”, a commandH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…חֲ֭זוּchazvbeholdחָזָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “behold”, a commandH2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision ofbehold, look, prophesy, provide, see.מִפְעֲל֣וֹתmifalotworkמִפְעָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4659a performancework.יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…שָׂ֖םsamputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…שַׁמּ֣וֹתshamotastonishmentשַׁמָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “astonishment”, the ordinary formH8047ruin; by implication, consternationastonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.בָּאָֽרֶץbaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(46-9) Come, behold the works of the LORD, who hath made desolations in the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,

World English Bible

Come, see Yahweh’s works, what desolations he has made on the earth.

Darby Translation

Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he hath made in the earth:

Douay-Rheims

For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(46-9) Come, behold the works of the LORD, who hath made desolations in the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Come, and behold the works of the Lord, what wonders he has achieved on the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δεῦτε καὶ ἴδετε τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Κυρίου, ἃ ἔθετο τέρατα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·